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Constitutional – Strip club license-denial provision unconstitutional
A city ordinance empowering the police chief to deny a “sexually oriented business” license application if he determined that the business “would not comply with all applicable laws” was an overbroad prior restraint. Background The City of Rocky Mount, North Carolina regulates “sexually oriented businesses” by requiring those businesses to obtain a license prior to […]
Who broke the toilet?!
It’s unclear exactly what teed off a 20-year-old strip club patron, causing him to tee off on a toilet top, but there’s a good chance that he is currently rethinking his life decisions. According to a report from the Associated Press, Pedro Alberto Bernar-Santiago may not have made it rain inside Myrtle Beach’s Treasure Club, […]
Strip club’s insurers pay $980K to settle alcohol liability claim
Insurers for a now-defunct strip club in Myrtle Beach have paid $980,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that the establishment served alcohol to two obviously drunk men, one of whom was underage, before they were involved in a single-vehicle crash. Columbia attorneys Richard Harpootlian and Joseph McCulloch represented the patrons, Richard Lattimore and Richard McCullough, […]
Girls, girls, girls
While Rock Hill native Jadeveon Clowney is busy rehabbing his knee and making millions in the NFL, his dad is getting tossed out of strip clubs and arrested for attempted murder. David Morgan, 45, faces a number of charges, each of which can send him back to prison for a substantial amount of time. There’s […]
Upstate strip club owner charged with prostitution
Authorities say the owner of a strip club in Spartanburg County has been charged with prostitution after dancers offered to perform sex acts for money on undercover officers.
Former dancer sues Myrtle Beach strip club
A former dancer at a strip club in Myrtle Beach has sued the business, accusing the owners of violating state and federal minimum wage and overtime laws.
Dancer asks court to make it rain
Stripping in South Carolina just became a riskier business. A young exotic dancer who was maimed during a shootout at the Boom Boom Room Studio 54 in Columbia was denied workers’ compensation by a divided S.C. Court of Appeals panel, which ruled 2-1 that she was an independent contractor.
Workers’ Compensation – Employment Relationship – Strip Club – Exotic Dancer – Independent Contractor
Lewis v. L.B. Dynasty, Inc. Where claimant was an itinerant artistic performer who decided which strip club she wanted to perform at each night, agreed to that club’s rules, and paid the club a portion of her tips for the privilege of performing, claimant was not an employee of the respondent-strip club when she was hit by a stray bullet during an altercation at the club.
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
- N.C. Bar Association embraces homophobia
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